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Ariel Szuch

Open government is a mindset - O'Reilly Radar - 0 views

  • The issue of data leaks through new communication channels is not a negligible concern within the Office of the CIO, particularly as open government efforts move forward. Asked about that issue, Baitman said: "Open government is about communicating with the public, not sharing sensitive data. To the extent that we do share data, we extensively scrub it. Open government has nothing to do with personally identifiable information (PII). That has to do with what government is doing for and behalf of its citizens."
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    I thought this was an interesting blend of some of the concepts we've been discussing in class, namely social media and open government, and how the two fit together.
Ariel Szuch

ScholarSearch - 0 views

  • Open government (View details) Perritt, H Government Information Quarterly, 1997, Vol.14(4), p.397-406 [Peer Reviewed Journal] updating... Full text available (GetIt) Add to e-Shelf
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    Article: "Open Government" by H Perritt
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    This article has a very interesting section on why open government is important to a democratic society.
Andrew DeWitt

The Last Wagon - Home - 0 views

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    For those who are doing poorly in classes and for those who are doing great in their classes.  Teachers, this is for you too.  We all need to help the students in the last wagon.
Andrew DeWitt

bit.ly | Basic | a simple URL shortener - 0 views

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    A URL shortener and tracker.  This website tracks how many times your links have been clicked and by whom and when.  This is a great tool to see if people are actually looking at the links you post.  Plus, its super easy to use and you can create custom links.
Shuan Pai

Francis Bacon - Novum Organum - Explained - 0 views

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    I was a little confused after reading the passage from Novum Organum. This site helped me clear up and added some more details to Bacon's theory.
Erin Hamson

Bacon, Francis [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] - 0 views

shared by Erin Hamson on 18 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Bacon to his credit accepted the judgment against him without excuse. According to his own Essayes, or Counsels, he should have known and done better.
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      If this (highlighted) is the purpose of science then why do companies make millions, through keeping their research locked up? I would like to see knowledge like atomic weapons locked up but the rest of it?
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    Insight into political/professional life. Not taught regularly in school
Sean Watson

John Locke - 0 views

  • E arli er writers such as Chillingworth had argued that human understanding was limited, Locke tries to determine what those limits are
  • "Though the familiar use of the Things about us, takes off our Wonder; yet it cures not our Ignorance."
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  • We can, he thinks, know with certainty that God exists. We can also know about morality with the same precision we know about mathematics, because we are the creators of moral and political ideas
  • Locke gives us a theory of natural law and natural rights which he uses to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate civil governments, and to argue for the legitimacy of revolt against tyrannical governments.
Sean Watson

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • In 1672, the journal published Newton's first paper New Theory about Light and Colours
  • it has remained in continuous publication ever since, making it the world's longest running scientific journal
  • The use of the word "philosophical" in the title derives from the phrase "natural philosophy", which was the equivalent of what we would now generically call "science
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  • Oldenburg published the journal at his own personal expense and seems to have entered into an agreement with the Council of the Royal Society allowing him to keep any resulting profits
  • He was to be disappointed, however, since the journal performed poorly from a financial point of view during Oldenburg's lifetime
  • Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, and Charles Darwin
Erin Hamson

* Arachnophilia - 0 views

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    How tos w/ HTML
Erin Hamson

* A Note about Freeware - 0 views

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    I think that this is an interesting personal perspective on the changes that the corporate world aka authority has brought to the internet.
Sean Watson

Robert Hooke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Jump to: navigation, search Robert Hooke Portrait of Hooke, 2004. Born 18 July 1635Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England Died 3 March 1703 (aged 67)London, England Fields Physics and chemistry Institutions Oxford University Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford Academic advisors Robert Boyle Known for Hooke's LawMicroscopyapplied the word 'cell' Influences Richard Busby Contents [hide] 1 Life and works 1.1 Early life 1.2 Oxford 1.3 The Watch Balance Spring 1.4 Royal Society 2 Personality and disputes 3 Hooke the scientist 3.1 Mechanics 3.2 Gravitation 3.3 Microscopy 3.4 Astronomy 4 Hooke the architect 5 Likenesses 6 Commemorations 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links //
  • Hooke is known for his law of elasticity (Hooke's law), his book, Micrographia, and for first applying the word "cell" to describe the basic unit of life
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Andrew DeWitt

Google Voice - Features - 0 views

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      This is so awesome!  I tried it out already.  I have a Google voice phone number.  My wife called it, left a voice message and then the message was transcribed and send to me via text.  I could also access it online!
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    Wow!  Awesome video about Google voice.  It explains some of the features about having a Google voice number.
Gideon Burton

LearnCentral - ed tech webinars - 0 views

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    This organization sponsors great webinars on technology and education
Gideon Burton

digital research tools wiki (DiRT) - 0 views

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    A librarian-hosted wiki about digital research tools. Looks like it mostly was produced around 2008 but still has much useful info, including categories of tools and reviews of these.
anonymous

Newspaper Death Watch - 0 views

shared by anonymous on 20 Sep 10 - No Cached
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      It is interesting how newspapers are first and foremost just businesses. Sure they have a noble cause, but they still need to make money. Also the author of this blog has an interesting history with newspapers, but he seems to be making the transition to digital media well.
Sarah Wills

Margaret (Lucas) Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673) - 0 views

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    This has more information about Margaret Cavendish, of whom I did not know very much about.
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    There is an interesting bio section. Also, the music stops playing after one navigates away from the main page :)
Sarah Wills

Microscope History - 0 views

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    I thought it would be interesting to learn about the microscopes in Margaret Cavendish's time.
anonymous

Tabula rasa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

shared by anonymous on 20 Sep 10 - Cached
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      I think this philosophy fits well with the idea that a person can determine hi own future. A very humanistic view
Jake Corkin

Renee Descartes and His philosophy - 0 views

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    Just a basic informational guide to Decartes and his beliefs. similar to a wikipedia entry.
Jake Corkin

Descartes contribution to optics and refraction - 0 views

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    My last bookmark brought me to here. this talks more about the scientific contribution descartes made rather than his philosophical contributions.
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